Today At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, HTC announced two new Android phones, the Desire, with its 3.7 inch OLED display, is closest to the Nexus One in terms of its technical prowess and features, and the Legend (see below), the successor to the Hero.
The Desire uses the same Qualcomm 1-GHz Snapdragon processor that we have seen in the Nexus One phone. It has a 3.7-inch display and weighs about 4.7 ounces. It also runs Android 2.1, the latest version of the Android operating system, first seen on the Nexus One.
The Desire, also known as HTC Bravo, supports Adobe Flash 10.1. It has a 5-megapixel camera with flash and geotagging capability, digital compass, FM radio, GPS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity.
The phone has an optical joystick surrounded by a narrow button instead of a trackball in an attempt to improve usability.
Desire will initially be available in Europe and Australia before the second half of the year, says HTC.
The HTC Legend ups the ante in terms of design, says the company. The smartphone’s design is an extension of what we have seen with HTC Hero. The difference is in the softer look and the smooth surface milled from a single aluminum block also known as unibody construction.
It includes a 3.2-inch, OLED display and weighs 4.4 ounces (compared to 4.8 ounces for the iPhone 3G S and 4.5 ounces for the Nexus One). The Legend’s 600-MHz processor, though, is slower than the 1-GHz processor seen in the Nexus One.
Otherwise, the Legend mimics the Desire in terms of what it offers: a 5-megapixel camera, flash, geotagging, digital compass, FM radio, GPS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity.
The Legend will also run the Android 2.1 operating system.
The Legend will initially be available in Europe through Vodafone around April, says HTC.
No comments:
Post a Comment